Boosting breakthroughs

Qbic is an inter-university venture capital fund focusing on the transformation of technological breakthroughs into sustainable business.

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Our second fund in numbers

32%

Female CEOs

>350

Jobs created

>500M

Patients possibly benefitting

12

SDGs supported

Our knowledge partners

Universiteit Gent
VUB
Universiteit Hasselt
ULiège
Universiteit Antwerpen
VITO
imec
UZ Gent
UZ Brussel
UZ Antwerpen
CHU de Liège
Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg Genk
AZ Maria Middelares
OLV Aalst
VITAZ
Clinique Saint-Luc Bouge

Investment strategy

Qbic fund is a seed and early-stage venture capital fund, supporting spin-offs or start-ups that valorize research from Qbic's knowledge partners.

1

A knowledge partner spin-off, i.e. a company that was founded based on technological innovations originating at Qbic's partner universities, research institutes or hospitals.

2

A start-up linked to a knowledge partner, i.e. a company with a strong R&D collaboration with one of Qbic's knowledge partners. This collaboration can be structured through joint development contracts, clinical studies, IP license agreements, etc.

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